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Cryostat | As clean as a freshly minted coin
Before it is encased in its protective cocoon and moved to temporary storage, the cryostat upper cylinder must be cleaned. The operation is both low-tech and es [...]
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Top management | Alain Bécoulet, Head of Engineering
When Alain Bécoulet embraced plasma physics back in the mid-1980s as a student at France's prestigious École Normale Supérieure, he did it for two reasons: one [...]
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Science | New steady state analysis
Recent research shows it should be possible to reach steady-state fusion production in ITER with the baseline mix of heating and current drive systems, in parti [...]
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Image of the week | Like dancers in a vertical ballet
Of all the movements of workers and equipment in the Assembly Hall, these are the most gracious... Like ballet dancers on a vertical stage, two workers are b [...]
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Cryostat base | Grand opening soon
Picture a giant soup plate, 30 metres in diameter, slowing descending into a deep concrete cylinder. Track the near imperceptible movement of the double overhea [...]
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A familiar yet changing view
The view is familiar: a large Kaaba-like structure towering above a complex arrangement of walls and columns; a circular structure emerging from a carpet of iron rebar and steel plates; large and low buildings on each side; the hills and forest in the background.
Yet, as days pass, everything changes: in large details and in small, the ITER worksite is in constant transformation.
Yet, as days pass, everything changes: in large details and in small, the ITER worksite is in constant transformation.
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